• Position: Evaluation Consultant/s
• Location: Melbourne with international travel component
• Reports to: RACS Acting General Manager, Global Health and Global Health Senior Program Advisor, Indo-Pacific

ORGANISATIONAL AND PROGRAM BACKGROUND

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is the leading advocate for surgical standards, professionalism and surgical education in Australia and New Zealand. RACS supports the ongoing development, maintenance of expertise and lifelong learning that accompanies the surgical practice of more than 7,000 surgeons and 1,300 surgical trainees and International Medical Graduates.

The College's Global Health Department functions as a DFAT-accredited Australian NGO with programs across the Indo-Pacific Region. RACS Global Health plans, designs, implements and manages global health focused programs which provide specialist medical education, clinical training, mentoring, and direct clinical support to 13 countries in the region.

The Samoa Disability Program (SDP), now completed, was a disability focused program funded by DFAT under the Development for All Strategy. The Samoan Disability Partnership Program (SDPP) supported the Government of Samoa's implementation of disability-inclusive policies, plans, and programs that remove barriers for people with disabilities. A component of the second phase of the SDPP, the Samoa Hearing Program, has been implemented by RACS with local government and civil society partners since 2020.

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of the evaluation is to independently assess the implementation, impact and influence of the Samoa Hearing Program. Guided by the key evaluation questions, the evaluation will examine the extent to which the program succeeded in achieving its intended, overarching outcomes, as well as individual stream outcomes.

About the coNsUltancy

The Consultant will report to the RACS Acting General Manager, Global Health and RACS Global Health Senior Program Advisor, who will be the key contact points for all evaluation activities, as well as provide strategic guidance in consultation with the relevant internal stakeholders.

The key deliverables are:

• Evaluation Plan - This will include a detailed evaluation methodology, target participants, schedule of activities including timing and number of days, and detailed overview of key evaluation outputs.
• Draft Evaluation Report - This report will be delivered following the data collection and preliminary analysis, and will include an overview of the evaluation data, key findings, initial narrative and preliminary recommendations for discussion.
• Final Evaluation Report - An externally presentable end of program evaluation report (of up to 30 pages) which includes data analysis and recommendations for future program design.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Post-graduate qualifications (e.g. Master of Assessment and Evaluation and/or Public Health).
• Expertise in health systems strengthening research and programming.
• Experience of work in health and development programming in low and middle-income countries.
• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to produce high quality and accurate reports and assessments.
• Excellent evaluation experience, particularly in health.

APPLICATIONS

Please see attached Terms of Reference for a full list of application criteria.

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For any enquiries, please contact [email protected] and [email protected] using the subject line: Consultant - End of Program Evaluation of the RACS' Samoa Hearing Program enquiry via EthicalJobs.